Interesting Facts!

                                            

The world is an interesting place to live in given its array of fascinating creations that it hosts and amazing occurrences that it witness every passing day. Forget the usual the heart of a shrimp is in its head and deer cannot eat hay type of interesting facts; there are thousands of interesting facts that will knock your socks of. Here are some of the most interesting yet weird and humorous facts from around the globe.

Weird but Interesting Facts

·       The Internal Revenue Service in the United States has a handbook for its workers in the revenue collections division unit. Within the handbook are clear instructions about how the employees can go about collecting taxes following a nuclear war.

·       The security personnel at Arkansas Airport and O’Hare International Airport, Chicago have both discovered numerous pieces of human heads and 78 human heads. The body parts were in route to different medical facilities across the world but there were errors in the paperwork.

·       When your stomach does not create a new layer of mucus fortnightly, it will eventually digest itself

·       The sound from cracking knuckles is gas bubbles between your joints bursting

·       Paper money is made from cotton and not paper

·       In the mid-1800s, Ketchup was purchased as medicine

·       The Bible placed by your bedside in hotel rooms is not meant to remind you of your spousal commitment or discourage sexual misconduct. The placement of Bibles in hotel rooms and lodges began in 1908 in Montana following a project by the Gideon Bible Association to spread the Gospel to anyone residing in hotels. So, don’t feel guilty when you turn on your side in the morning to find a Gideon Bible staring back at you, following a not-so holy night!

·       The Liberty Bell and Statue of Liberty, which are the greatest national symbols in the United States, were not made in America. The former was made in England and the latter was made in France.

·       A living legend, Leonardo da Vinci had magic hands. He could not only invent things such as scissors but also, he could draw with his right hand and simultaneously write with his left hand.

·       If you want to lose weight or at least watch your calorie intake, eat a lot of celery and apples. This is because you use more calories to eat pieces of apples and celery than the number of calories these fruits generate

·       The only land without rabies and heartworm diseases is New Zealand

·       Guinness Book of Records holds the record as the most often stolen book in Public Libraries globally

·       If you thought the camel is the only animal that can last longest without water think again! Giraffes can go for longer periods without water than camels and can guzzle up to 15 gallons of water at a time when they eventually drink up. Despite their long frame, the neck of a giraffe has seven verbra bones, which are equal numbers to that of a human neck. Huh, seems if evolution theory is true, you will be walking neck high in the coming century or so!

·       The famous Mona Lisa painting does not have eyebrows! Yeah, go check…

·       What English speaking nations refer to as French kissing, in France, it is referred to as English kissing

·       Having trouble with scorpions? Just spray them with small amount of alcohol and they will instantaneously go nuts and sting themselves to death

·       Talk of a sex maniac, a lion can mate over fifty times in 24 hours!

·       Unmatched and a man in his own league, Adolf Hitler not only had one testicle but also, made it as the 1938’s Man of The Year in the Time Magazine. Hmmm, one testicled man making it to the 2013 Forbes’s 100? Very unlikely

·       Have you been facing snag after snag business-wise? Well, you may consider visiting 165 University Avenue. Located in California’s Silicon Valley, 165 University Avenue, which is in close proximity to Stanford University, is world’s luckiest building. The building has given birth to highly successful startups, which have become world renowned brands. Some of the successful startups include Logitech (Leader in computer systems production), PayPal (world leading online money transfer), Milo.com (Leading shopping service that was acquired by eBay), Google (no need to explain this one), Danger Inc.,(mobile phones developer that was acquired by Microsoft).

·       Interestingly, Facebook sought to lease 165 University Avenue for 5 years but their offer was rejected. Oddly, the building is owned by an Iranian immigrant family, the Amidis, since 1970s.

Interesting and Striking Facts About President J F Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln

·       Abraham Lincoln and JF Kennedy were elected to Congress in 1846 and 1946 respectively and each was elected into presidency in 1860 and 1960 respectively

·       Both US presidents were assassinated on a Friday, killed from a shot in their backs as their wives watched in horror. To add salt into injury, both wives suffered loss of their children while residing in the White House

·       Both Lincoln and Kennedy were succeeded by Johnsons from the South namely Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson respectively.  Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson were born in 1808 and 1908 respectively.

·       Even weirder coincidences are that Lincoln was assassinated at Ford Theater and Kennedy was assassinated in Lincoln warehouse built by Ford. In addition, the assassin who shot Lincoln escaped from the theater and went to hide in a warehouse while the assassin who killed Kennedy escaped from the warehouse and went to hide inside a theater.

·       Both assassins were assassinated before they could stand trial.

4^th Of July Interesting Facts

·       Contrary to popular opinion, The Declaration of Independence, which was written on hemp paper was signed on second August and not 4^th of July

·       President John Adams and Thomas Jefferson who had lived most of their lives as bitter rivals but reconciled in their retirement died on 4^th July 1826

·       President Calvin Coolidge breathed his first breath on 4^th July

·       Rwanda and the Philippines celebrate 4^th July as their Independence Day

·       The 4^th of July Parade held every year in Rhode Island since 1785 is America’s oldest and continuous celebration that marks Independence Day

If you did not know all these interesting facts, you are welcome!